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Form of workSenior Azure Developer Consultant – Remote
Location: Orlando, FL
Employment Type: Full-Time
**Remote applicants will be considered if they are accessible to our customers.
About KiZAN
We make technology personal!
KiZAN is an Industry leading Microsoft Professional Services and Managed Services Provider supporting Regional, National and Global clients. We personalize technology by sparking passion, fueling purpose, and building connections.
Here at KiZAN, we are one team, we support each other, and take the initiative to solve problems. We are fully committed to the direction chosen and always support our Mission. Being a part of KiZAN means that we win together, we create an inclusive atmosphere where everyone feels accepted, a sense of purpose, and we embrace collaboration.
KiZAN Technologies has an immediate need for an exceptional individual to join our family as a Senior Azure Developer. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, is a true team player with a commitment to success, has leadership skills, and will be able to thrive in a fast paced, rapidly-changing environment.
Responsibilities
Candidates should be self-starters that love to learn new technologies, as this will be an integral part of the position. The ideal individual will be a thought leader who is able to design and deliver technical solutions in Azure, which can include infrastructure, .NET development, and DevOps capabilities.
This position takes personal ownership of technical envisioning, scoping, and delivery of solutions for our customers. You will be helping clients understand, adopt, and grow their Azure presence through both infrastructure and platform service architectures.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Identify customer requirements and translate those requirements into a technical design
- Learn and keep up to date with the latest trends in Cloud technologies, including changes to the Azure platform
- Lead the implementation of development and/or DevOps solutions for customer
- Deliver customer-facing presentations and be able to speak to all levels of IT
- Create technical documentation and architecture diagrams as needed for customer engagements.
- Document projects as they occur through daily status reports and time entry
- Collaborate with senior and junior team members on larger projects
- Provide education on technologies to others who are not as familiar with them
- Assist in building statements of work and planning project effort
- Ability to travel, overnight up to 25%
- Ability to travel independently to client sites; if by car, a valid driver's license or reliable method of transportation is required
- Authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
Requirements
- High School Diploma required; Technical degree preferred
- Two years of recent Azure experience
- Two years of systems architecture experience
- Five or more years with.NET development experience
- ASP.NET, MVC, HTML, & JavaScript
- SQL, Entity Framework
- Working knowledge of common web development frameworks
- Three or more years implementing DevOps/GitHub practices and tools
- Defining DevOps roles and responsibilities
- Azure DevOps
- Git
- GitHub Enterprise
- CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code artifacts
- YAML
- PowerShell
- Prefer two years of Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform preferred)
- Prefer two years developing and implementing cloud-native solutions
- Azure App Services
- Azure Kubernetes Service / Helm Charts
- Prefer two or more years of experience with some of the below technologies:
- Azure Monitor
- App Insights
- Log Analytics Workspaces / KQL
- Web Application Firewall
- CDN technologies
- Azure Service Bus or relevant messaging technologies
- Azure Cache for Redis
- Azure Functions
- Skills developing with Azure AI Services a plus
Skills and Abilities
- Speaks clearly and persuasively in both negative and positive situations
- Demonstrates proficient group presentation skills
- Responds well to questions
- Presents complex data effectively
- Effectively manages difficult or emotional customer situations
- Listens to and seeks clarification from customers
- Reacts well under pressure
- Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status
- Follows through on commitments
- Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives
- Balances team and individual responsibilities
- Exhibits objectivity and openness to others’ views
- Provides and welcomes feedback
- Ability to work independently/self-reliant and show initiative with minimum supervision
- Ability to quickly learn new technology and apply appropriately to business situations
- Ability to balance team and individual responsibilities
- Ability to work under pressure; meet strict time deadlines
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to listen effectively and seek clarification
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with strong English language grammar skills
- Working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
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